"We are not backing away. We are going full steam ahead with our programs in Iran and across the region,again in order to create that space for civil societies to actually play the proper role that we would all understand in building more accountable democratic governing institutions,".

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That at the base of all societies there has to be a labor system that will support the possibility of Plato.

在所有社会的基础上,必须有一个劳动制度,一个能供柏拉图施展他才华的制度

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There are some who believe that slavery is natural, because ruling and being ruled is a pervasive distinction " that one sees all societies practice."

有些人相信,奴役是自然的演变，因为统治者与被统治者,有着普遍的区别,一方要看顾着整个社会的运作“

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There entertain him all the Saints above, In solemn troops, and sweet Societies That sing, and singing in their glory move And wipe the tears forever from his eyes.

圣人们款待他，温文尔雅，亲切和蔼,他们歌唱，伴着壮丽的舞姿,将他的泪水永远的拭去。

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All of those slave societies had a population of slaves that was from one-quarter to one-half, and sometimes more, of the total population.

这些奴隶社会的奴隶人口都占总人口,的三分之一到一半,有时甚至更多

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That is true of all of human societies that we know anything about down to the earliest possible exception, I suppose; well, it depends what you think is earliest.

确实,在所有我们了解到的,人类社会中,我想"最早的"可能除外,当然,这取决于你是怎么理解"最早的"

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All tended to hinder technological innovation in those societies.

但都阻碍了 社会技术革新的趋势

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Honor, in most societies, is thought to be not merely a personal quality, something like medieval chivalry but is above all group honor, the honor that surrounds the family, the extended clan, or the religious sect.

在许多社会中,荣誉不仅是追求骑士精神一样，对个人自豪感的追求,它更是一种集体的自豪感，比如一个大家族对自己的成就，或是一个教派对自己成就的荣誉感。

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